Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Dec 02, 2003

LOT 353

Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak City of Sails", Automatic Chronograph, case No. E 77065, Ref. 25979. Produced in alimited edition of 1250 examples for the 30th Anniversary of the Royal Oak in 2003, and dedicated to the "Alinghi" team.Very fine, rare and large, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph,registers, date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp on a rubber strap. Accompanied by a fitted box andcertificate.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, case back with screws, octogonal bezel with 8 hexagonal yellow gold screws, screwed-downoctagonal winding-crown and buttons, sapphire crystal, case back engraved with 2 racing boats. D. bicolor gray and black, "Clous-de-Paris" decoration with tritium-coated radial Arabic numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour (with red Alinghi logo) and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date. Tritium-coated "Bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2385, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 37jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensatingflat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm.